Delhi, 25 July 2020 – Vistara is raising the service bar by introducing flat-bed seats in Business Class onboard its new Airbus A321neo fleet. Vistara, a TATA Group and SIA (Singapore International Airline) joint venture started in 2014, has received its first Airbus A321neo registered VT-TVA and is powered by 2x CFM LEAP1A engines. The…
Brisbane, 12 July 2020 – Yesterday marked a historic day for Brisbane Airport as it celebrated the official opening of its new parallel runway. Here we have a selection of images taken at the official celebration event. More will follow soon along with our piece on the new runway. (Header Image © v1images.com/Stirling Day) Official…
London, 28 June 2020 – British Airways took delivery of it’s first of twelve 787-10s which landed at the airline’s main base of operation shortly before midday today. Delivery of the first aircraft, G-ZBLA, had been delayed a number of times since it’s original delivery date pencilled in for January 2020. The aviation world has…
Kemble – 15 June 2020 – Corsair, France’s largest long-haul leisure airline, today officially ended Boeing 747 operations after 29 years by flying its sole remaining 747-400 from Paris Orly International Airport, France to Kemble Cotswolds Airport in the United Kingdom. The aircraft in question, F-GTUI, was rolled off the production line in 1992 as…
Doncaster, 31 May 2020 – A major wildfire broke out on the 17th May 2020 on Hatfield Moors near Doncaster, United Kingdom. To begin with, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue tried to handle the fire with local units, however as the fire spread and set deeper into the moors a specialist helicopter was required to…
Paris, 20 May 2020 – In the context of the current COVID-19 crisis and its impact on anticipated activity levels, the Air France-KLM Group announces today the definitive end of Air France Airbus A380 operations. Initially scheduled by the end of 2022, the phase-out of Airbus A380 fleet fits in the Air France-KLM Group fleet…
Atlanta, 14 May 2020 – A recent announcement from Delta Airlines tells us that the end of their Flagship Boeing 777 operations is near. The current fleet comprises of 10 Long Rangers (LR) powered by the General Electric GE90-110B1 engines and the Rolls Royce made RR Trent 895 powered Extended Range (ER) 777s. All 18…
Bogota, 10 May 2020 – The second-largest airline of Latin America, Avianca, has today applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection through its New York Stock Exchange-listed parent company Avianca Holdings S.A at a New York court. The filing was necessitated by the unforeseeable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in a 90% decline…
Miami, 8 May 2020 – The president and CEO of Miami Air International, Kurt Kamrad, today wrote a personal letter to all employees of Miami Air International advising them that today was the last day of the airline’s operation. Citing it as one of the saddest days of his life after his fathers passing two…
London, 5 May 2020 – Virgin Atlantic has today announced extreme measures to reshape and resize its business in response to the current ongoing COVID-19 crisis which is having a devastating effect on the global aviation industry. The carrier had asked for a £500m loan from the UK government, however in March, Chancellor Rishi Sunak…